Man, 41, drowns at Kanopolis Reservoir

KANAPOLIS — A 41-year-old Lyons man has drowned at a central Kansas lake.

Ellsworth County Sheriff Tracy Ploutz says John Freeman III drowned Saturday at Kanopolis Reservoir. Ploutz said Freeman had been at a lake campground with a friend when he went for a swim. The sheriff says people at another campsite then found Freeman’s s body at a nearby beach.